Oyster-carrier.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

R. c. BENDE'R. OYSTER CARRIER.

. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 30, 1907.

, iizwmom Fig. 5 is a UNITED STATES ROBERT C. BENDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

OYSTER-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2 1, l 908.

Application filed December 30, 1907. Serial No. 408,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. BENDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oyster- Carriers, of which the following is a specification, containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an oyster carrier, particularly adapted for the shipment of oysters and the like, and the object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive package and carrier which is adapted to recelve one or more oyster receptacles, and there being an annular space formed around said receptacles, which space receives ice to refrigerate the contents of the receptacles while the package is in transit or storage.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical section taken through the center of a carrier of my improved construction Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of aportion of the retaining ring which is located in the upper end of the' carrier; perspective view of a portion of the retaining ring.

Referring by numerals t0 the accompanying drawings :-1 designates the body of the carrier, which is preferably constructed of wood in the form of a keg, with the fixed bot tom 2, and the upper ends of the staves forming the body are reinforced by a ring 3, which is provided on its inner edge with a flange 4 which projects downward on the inner faces of the staves and through which pass the pins or rivets 5 utilized in fixing said ring to the body.

Vertically disposed within the body is a series of rods 6, the lower endsof which are pointed so as to be engaged in the bottom 2, and the upper ends of said rods are reduced in diameter, as designated by 7, thus forming shoulders between the main body portions of said rods and the reduced upper ends.

The retaining ring 8, which is located in the upper portion of the body and which enmeeting ends of the halves forming this ring 8 extend outward, as designated by 10, and formed integral with said extended portions are ears 11, which lie immediately against the inner face of the body 1; and through said ears and through the wa l of the ody are eye-bolts 12, which rigidly maintain the ring in position; and suspended from said eye-bolts, on the exterior of the body, are handles 13. g

Formed integral with one of the extensions 10 is a perforated lug 14, to which is at tached one end of a chain 15, which is of such length as to extend diametrically across the ring; and formed integral with the extensions 10, directly opposite the extension on which the lug 14 is located, is a pair of perforated lugs 16, between which the end of the chain is adapted to engage and be sealed when the carrier is packed for shipment.

When my improved carrier is to be used,

one or more cylindrical receptacles, oyster or the like, are located in the circular space between the rods 6, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, after which the free end of the chain 15 is positioned between the rods 6, and a suitable seal is passed through the end link of the chain and the perforations in the lugs 16, thus sealing the contents of the carrier.

' The annular space around the oyster receptacles is now packed with ice; and, if desired, ice may be located on top of said receptacles, and the carrier is now ready for shipment or storage.

During transit the oyster receptacles are rigidly held in proper position within the carrier, and the ice, located in the annular space around the receptacles coming in contact with the surfaces of said receptacles, keeps the contents at the proper temperature.

A carrier so constructed is simple, inexpensive, comprises a minimum number of PELIItS, is easily assembled, and very substantia I claim 1. An oyster carrier, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a circular row of upright rods in said receptacles, the lower ends of which rods engage the bottom of said recepassing tacle and a ring fixed on the interior of the receptacle and engaging the upper ends of all of the rods.

2. An oyster carrier, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a series of upright rods on the interior of said receptacle, the lower ends of which rods are pointed and engage in the bottom of the receptacle, and a sectional ring adaptdto pass across said ring and to be secured to the opposite side thereof.

6. An oyster carrier, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a series ,of uprights in said receptacle, a ring fixed on the interior of the receptacle and engaging the upper ends of all of the uprights, and a retaining device detachably secured to said ring and adapted to fixed on the interior of the receptacle and pass from one side to the other.

rods.

engaging the upper ends of all of the a cylin- 3. An oyster carrier, comprising drical receptacle, a reinforcing ring fixed to the upper end of the receptacle, a circular row of upright rods in said receptacle, and a ring fixed on the interior of the receptacle anccll engaging the upper ends of all of the r0 s.

4. An oyster carrier, comprising a cylin drical receptacle, a reinforcing ring fixed to the upper end of the receptacle, a series of upright rods on the interior of said receptacle, the lower ends of which rods are pointed and engage in the bottom of the receptacle, and a sectional ring fixed on the interior of the receptacle and engaging the upper ends of all of the rods.

5. An oyster carrier, comprising a receptacle,a series of upright rods arranged on the interior thereof, with their ends seated in the bottom of the receptacle, a ring inthe interior of the receptacle and engaging the upper ends of all of the rods, and a flexible member secured at one end to one side of the ring and 7. An oyster carrier, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a reinforcing ring fixed to the upper. end of the receptacle, a series of uprights in said receptacle, a ring fixed on the interior of the receptacle and engaging the upper ends of all of the uprights, and a retaining device detachably secured to said ring and adapted to pass from one side to the other.

8. In an oyster carrier, the combination with a receptacle of a cage'arranged within the receptacle, which cage comprises a circularrow of upright rods, the lower ends of which engage the bottom of the receptacle, and a ring fixed to the receptacle and engaging the upper portions of all of the rods.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT C. BENDER. 

